To rename the Administrator account manually
For Windows Small Business Server 2003
To complete this procedure, you must be logged on as a member of the Domain Admins security group.
- Open Server Management.
- In the console tree, click Users.
- In the details pane, right-click Administrator, and then click Properties.
- On the General tab, in the Display text box, replace the previous name (Administrator) with a new name.
- On the Account tab, in the User logon name box, type the new name.
- In the User logon name (pre-Windows 2000) box, replace the previous user logon name (Administrator) with the new name, and then click OK.
- After changing the Administrator account name, you need to log off and then use the new name to log back on as an administrator on the server.
Note
- To open Server Management, click Start, and then click Server Management.
For Windows XP-based and Windows 2000-based client computers
Note
- If you choose to rename the Administrator account manually, keep in mind that you must manually rename the Administrator account every time you add a client computer to the network.
To complete this procedure, you must be logged on as a member of the local Administrator's group.
- Click Start,, click Control Panel, double-click Administrative Tools, and then double-click Computer Management.
- In the console tree, click Local Users and Groups, and then click Users.
- In the details pane, right-click Administrator, and then click Rename User. Enter the new name for the account.
- After changing the Administrator account name, you need to log off and then use the new name to log back on as an administrator on the server.